Changes observed in gender-equitable attitudes among caregivers were also associated with marginally significant reductions in physical violence against adolescent girls and significant improvements in school participation, while no statistically significant observed effects were noted for other outcomes.
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Gender-equitable caregiver attitudes and education and safety of adolescent girls in South Kivu, DRC: A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.
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There was evidence of a decline in physical and sexual violence (41.9% to 25.8% ( p = 0.014) and 24.3% to 18.9% ( p = 0.014), respectively), and apparent declines in feeling uncared for and emotional violence (48.1% to 43.5% ( p = 0.087) and 43.2% to 38.8% ( p = 0.076), respectively) were also observed but did not reach statistical significance.